Ob/Gyn Staff Bios
David Roth, MD – Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology
AB: Princeton University, 1977
MD: Cornell University (Weill) Medical College, 1983
Resident: Obstetrics and Gynecology, The New York Hospital
Diplomate: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
Attending physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 2001
Special interests in medicine: HPV, cervical dysplasia; general women's health care & administration
"At Yale, I've felt privileged to be able to care for a group of patients more interesting and involved than in any of the other settings I've worked in; the best way to practice medicine, I believe, is within a multi-specialty group, working as part of a well-functioning team."
-David Roth
Elizabeth Cole, LNM
Nurse Midwife
BSN: University of Vermont, 1969
MSN: University of Mississippi, 1975
Certification: American College of Nurse Midwives
Primary care clinician at Yale Heath Plan since 1981
David Fox, MD
BS: Providence College, 1982
PhD: Biology, Georgetown University, 1986
MD: Medical College of Virginia, 1990
Intern/Resident: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sloane Hospital for Women, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ob/Gyn, Yale University School of Medicine
Attending physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1999
Rochelle Kanell, LNM
Nurse Midwife
BS: State University of New York – Stony Brook, 1974
MSN: Columbia University, 1979
Certification: American College of Nurse Midwives
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1988
Joann Knudson, MD
BS: University of Virginia, 1983
MD: University of Virginia School of Medicine, 1987
Intern/Resident: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Diplomate, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine
Member, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Attending physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1991
Deborah Meredith, LNM
Nurse Midwife
BA: Yale University, 1981
MSN: Yale University School of Nursing, 1985
Certification: American College of Nurse Midwives
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1996
Special interest in caring for young adults/student population
Cynthia Negron, MD
BS: Oberlin College, 1981
MD: Tufts University School of Medicine, 1985
Intern: Framingham Union Hospital
Resident: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Saint Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital
Diplomate: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical instructor, Ob/Gyn, Yale University School of Medicine
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1997
Ann Muntzner Ross, MD
BA: Amherst College, 1983
MD: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1987
Intern/Resident: Obstetrics & Gynecology, UCLA Medical Center
Diplomate: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Member: American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical Instructor, Ob/Gyn, Yale University School of Medicine
Attending physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1994
Linda Starace, MD
BA: Queens College, City University of New York, 1974
MS: Queens College, City University of New York, 1976
MD: Harvard University Medical School, 1985
Intern/Resident: Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Medical Center Hospital, Bellevue Hospital Center and Booth memorial Medical Center
Diplomate: American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Medicine
Attending physician at Yale-New Haven Hospital
Primary care clinician at Yale Health since 1991
